1975–76 Leicester City F.C. season

The 1975–76 season started very poorly for the Foxes as they went on a 15 game winless run that saw them languishing in the relegation places but after a 3-2 home win over Burnley in November which ended that run, matters picked up healthily which saw Leicester finish in a satisfying and comfortable 7th place.

Final league table

Main article: 1975–76 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	14	5	2	41	21	9	9	3	25	10	66	31	2.129	+ 35	60
2	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	4	0	42	13	7	7	7	25	20	67	33	2.030	+ 34	59
3	Manchester United	42	16	4	1	40	13	7	6	8	28	29	68	42	1.619	+ 26	56
4	Derby County	42	15	3	3	45	30	6	8	7	30	28	75	58	1.293	+ 17	53
5	Leeds United	42	13	3	5	37	19	8	6	7	28	27	65	46	1.413	+ 19	51
6	Ipswich Town	42	11	6	4	36	23	5	8	8	18	25	54	48	1.125	+ 6	46
7	Leicester City	42	9	9	3	29	24	4	10	7	19	27	48	51	0.941	– 3	45
8	Manchester City	42	14	5	2	46	18	2	6	13	18	28	64	46	1.391	+ 18	43
9	Tottenham Hotspur	42	6	10	5	33	32	8	5	8	30	31	63	63	1.000	± 0	43
10	Norwich City	42	10	5	6	33	26	6	5	10	25	32	58	58	1.000	± 0	42
11	Everton	42	10	7	4	37	24	5	5	11	23	42	60	66	0.909	– 6	42
12	Stoke City	42	8	5	8	25	24	7	6	8	23	26	48	50	0.960	– 2	41
13	Middlesbrough	42	9	7	5	23	11	6	3	12	23	34	46	45	1.022	+ 1	40
14	Coventry City	42	6	9	6	22	22	7	5	9	25	35	47	57	0.825	– 10	40
15	Newcastle United	42	11	4	6	51	26	4	5	12	20	36	71	62	1.145	+ 9	39
16	Aston Villa	42	11	8	2	32	17	0	9	12	19	42	51	59	0.864	– 8	39
17	Arsenal	42	11	4	6	33	19	2	6	13	14	34	47	53	0.887	– 6	36
18	West Ham United	42	10	5	6	26	23	3	5	13	22	48	48	71	0.676	– 23	36
19	Birmingham City	42	11	5	5	36	26	2	2	17	21	49	57	75	0.760	– 18	33
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	7	6	8	27	25	3	4	14	24	43	51	68	0.750	– 17	30
21	Burnley	42	6	6	9	23	26	3	4	14	20	40	43	66	0.652	– 23	28
22	Sheffield United	42	4	7	10	19	32	2	3	16	14	50	33	82	0.402	– 49	22

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1975	Birmingham City	H	3–3	25,547	Sammels (pen), Alderson, Roberts (own goal)
20 August 1975	Manchester City	A	1–1	28,557	Lee
23 August 1975	Newcastle United	A	0–3	36,084
27 August 1975	Stoke City	H	1–1	22,878	Garland
30 August 1975	Liverpool	H	1–1	25,008	Weller
6 September 1975	Arsenal	A	1–1	22,005	Sammels
13 September 1975	West Ham United	H	3–3	21,413	Worthington, Sammels (2)
20 September 1975	Norwich City	A	0–2	22,266
23 September 1975	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–1	19,292
27 September 1975	Coventry City	H	0–3	20,411
4 October 1975	Manchester United	A	0–0	47,878
11 October 1975	Middlesbrough	H	0–0	19,095
18 October 1975	Ipswich Town	A	1–1	23,418	Lee
25 October 1975	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–3	22,088	Weller (2)
1 November 1975	Everton	A	1–1	24,930	Lee
8 November 1975	Burnley	H	3–2	18,344	Weller, Kember, Garland
15 November 1975	Sheffield United	A	2–1	20,165	Alderson, Rofe
22 November 1975	Ipswich Town	H	0–0	20,115
29 November 1975	Aston Villa	A	1–1	36,388	Worthington
6 December 1975	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	20,012	Weller, Worthington
13 December 1975	Newcastle United	H	1–0	18,130	Weller
20 December 1975	Birmingham City	A	1–2	21,890	Lee
26 December 1975	Derby County	H	2–1	17,311	Lee (2)
27 December 1975	Leeds United	A	0–4	45,139
10 January 1976	West Ham United	A	1–1	24,615	Lee
17 January 1976	Arsenal	H	2–1	21,331	Alderson, Lee
31 January 1976	Manchester City	H	1–0	21,723	Lee
7 February 1976	Stoke City	A	2–1	21,001	Worthington, Lee
17 February 1976	Burnley	A	0–1	13,542
21 February 1976	Sheffield United	H	1–1	18,698	Blockley
25 February 1976	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–1	24,340
28 February 1976	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	21,427	Kember
6 March 1976	Everton	H	1–0	18,490	Worthington
13 March 1976	Middlesbrough	A	1–0	17,634	Boam (own goal)
20 March 1976	Aston Villa	H	2–2	24,663	Nicholl (2 own goals)
27 March 1976	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–2	18,113	Sammels (pen), Worthington
3 April 1976	Coventry City	A	2–0	18,135	Weller, Lee
6 April 1976	Liverpool	A	0–1	36,290
10 April 1976	Norwich City	H	0–0	19,856
17 April 1976	Derby County	A	2–2	30,085	Alderson, Garland
20 April 1976	Leeds United	H	2–1	24,240	Worthington (2)
24 April 1976	Manchester United	H	2–1	31,053	Lee, Garland

FA Cup

Main article: 1975-76 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 1976	Sheffield United	H	3–0	24,052	Garland (3)
R4	24 January 1976	Bury	H	1–0	27,331	Lee
R5	14 February 1976	Manchester United	H	1–2	34,000	Lee

League Cup

Main article: 1975–76 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	9 September 1975	Portsmouth	A	1–1	10,629	Garland
R2R	17 September 1975	Portsmouth	H	1–0 (a.e.t.)	11,055	Sammels
R3	8 October 1975	Lincoln City	H	2–1	17,060	Weller, Sammels (pen)
R4	11 November 1975	Burnley	A	0–2	15,113

Anglo-Scottish Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Group 2	2 August 1975	Hull City	A	1–1	3,524	Sammels
Group 2	6 August 1975	Mansfield Town	A	0–2	6,496
Group 2	9 August 1975	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	8,219	Lee (2)

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Mark Wallington
-	DF	Steve Whitworth
-	DF	Dennis Rofe
-	MF	Jon Sammels
-	DF	Jeff Blockley
-	MF	Alan Birchenall
-	MF	Steve Kember
-	MF	Brian Alderson
-	FW	Bob Lee
-	FW	Chris Garland
-	MF	David Tomlin

No.	Position	Player
-	FW	Steve Earle
-	DF	Steve Sims
-	DF	Graham Cross
-	MF	Keith Weller
-	FW	Frank Worthington
-	DF	Alan Woollett
-	DF	Steve Yates
-	MF	Len Glover
-	GK	Gary Plumley
-	GK	Carl Jayes

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1975-1976/results

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